Front setback - Block average exception.
San José Municipal Code § 20.30.240
in effectIn the R-1-8, R-1-5, R-2, and R-M Residence Districts, when lots comprising forty percent or more of the frontage on one side of a street between two intersecting streets have been developed with buildings having an average front setback with a variation in depth of not more than ten feet, but less than the minimum front setback required by Section 20.20.200 , the minimum front setback applicable to such lots shall be said existing average rather than the setbacks as otherwise referenced in this title. No additional exceptions to the front setback are allowed to further reduce the front setback. (Ords. 26248, 29011.)
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